I'm surprised that this is available considering the number of edition changes in the college textbook world. Guess you would need to check for correct edition. I remember my physics professor putting out a new edition every three years to keep the sales up.
I would absolutely do something like this. However, if you can get your textbook info early and it's not a brand new edition you can find it to buy even cheaper on amazon and ebay and some other used textbook sites. I try to have all of my kids buy their books early and used. Then they list them for sale on those same sites which pay more then the school. I hate school book stores and their ridiculous prices. The book stores actually make the professors list the newest editions even if there is little difference and the prof doesn't care. There have been times when i've bought the new edition only to get to class and be told the prof doesn't care or to have them never even use the book.
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The renting does seem like a good idea for some. Personally I loved the smell of a new textbook that didn't have highlighting marks. Besides do the used book and rental book places assure that those books were not in the bathroom? I liked keeping my core subject books for future reference.
